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69. * JACKDAW (Corvus monedula). "Gadder." 



Common enough in winter, mingling with the rooks, or 

 flying separately in flocks often of considerable size. A very 

 small number of jackdaws breed in the neighbourhood. A few 

 pairs nest in the hollow trees at Flixton Park. 



70. MAGPIE (Pica rustica). 



As a resident, the Magpie is quite extinct in the district 

 under observation, and can only be included in this list as a 

 very rare visitor. Mr. J. A. Holmes has observed the bird at 

 Flixton within the last fifteen or twenty years, and I learn 

 from two informants that it has been seen much more recently 

 at Thorpe Abbots. The Rev. H. T. Frere tells me that a 

 Magpie was seen for some weeks last year at Gissing, which, 

 however, he thinks may have been an escaped bird, as it was 

 very tame. The last pair of Magpies which Mr. Frere re- 

 collects in this part of Norfolk frequented the neighbourhood 

 of Frenze fifty years ago. 



71. *JAY (Garrulus ylandarius). 



This bird still holds its own against the keepers, thanks to 

 its silent and wary habits during the breeding season. 



72. *S WALLOW (Hirundo rustica). 

 Common through the summer. 



73. *HousE MARTIN (Chelidon urbica). 



Not very plentiful. Some years ago my brother counted 

 forty-five nests under the broad eaves of a thatched house at 

 Alburgh. This is the largest colony I have met with. The 

 front of the Swan Hotel in this town is a well-known rendez- 

 vous of the Martins before their autumn emigration. Numbers 

 of them may be seen here in the early morning sitting in rows 

 along the narrow ledges of the brickwork, and clustering upon 

 the ornamental ironwork supporting the old sign. 



74. *SAND MARTIN (Cotile riparia). 



Common. A considerable number nest in the large sand- 

 pit at the foot of Needham Hill. 



75. *SwiFT (Cypselus apus). " Devil " and " Deviling." 



Not plentiful. A few pairs nest in the tower of Eedenhall 

 Church every year/ 



